Mountain regions in peril
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Global Change in Mountain Regions The Mountain Research Initiative
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0096-3941
DOI: 10.1029/eo083i006p00054-04